Another busy weekend has just come to a close. Thankfully we seem to have gotten more done than the past few weekends and our house is finally starting to feel like a home. We are now the proud owners of a new fridge & stove/oven. So that means that cooking has finally resumed. What, you may ask was our first meal on the new range? Mac & Cheese, in the blue box. Oh yes, our tastes are finely developed.
There has been much knitting going on lately. I’ve abandoned all hopes in knitting cute summer cotton tops (because, it’s just not me) and started the Central Park Hoodie in some lambs pride worsted. I’m really amazed at how fast this is knitting up. I have completed both front pieces and am 1/2 way through the back. Then it’s just the sleeves & seaming up this beast. I’ve already picked up the button bands because I’m not doing the hood on this sweater. I don’t wear hoods and I don’t like the hunch back look of them.
As you can see there is major waist shaping happening. Yeah, thats actually how my body is built anything else looks boxy, even the gradual waist decreasing. I have always needed something more dramatic. I also added about 3 inches more to the length for my bust size. I like for my sweaters to hit the top of my back pockets. I’ve also increased the arm holes to 9″ instead of 7″ because I have bigger arms and didn’t want to be constricted there or else I would never wear this sweater.
Some days call for massive amounts of rum. Mojitos sure helped cool us down as it was ridiculously hot all weekend! Thankfully we do not live in the valley where people are all sorts of crazy & might as well be living on the surface of the sun.
We also started hanging some art this weekend. I’m really not crazy about the bare white walls, but for now this bit of color really helps. Hopefully the more we unpack the more pieces we will be able to put on the fireplace there. Most of the Mr’s ceramics are really thin procelin and we don’t trust them right on brick.
On saturday was Nancie’s Summer Solstice patry. It was great fun, but she does live in Filmore, and well, it’s crazy hot. As I drove from Ventura I watched my car’s thermometer gradually rise the further I got from the coast. It was hot, but as soon as the sun went down it was quite nice. It was quite nice to see everyone and there were many a flowy skirt to be had.
ALSO on saturday was the Anacapa Fine Yarns anniversary sale. So like many of the other thursday night knitters I was there at opening to paw through the discounted yarn bins. I got quite a nice haul. Enough Elesbeth Lavold angora to make 1 sweater, 1 vest & 1 scarf & enough frog tree alpaca (apparently) to make two sweaters (because I must have had a math breakdown when I was picking up bags.). So With all the new yarns put away it’s time to really get crackin in the knitting & get stuff cranked out for the upcoming christmas. Yes, I said it. You all hate me now, it’s ok. We will, as always, survive.
We are enjoying the house. It’s still a lot of work but we are getting there.
